Anyway, here is some "cheaper" laptops that'll still handle hardcore gaming. A friend of mine has the Asus, he loves it to death. He has heating problems though. You're probably going to need a cooler for any of these larger laptops, which will make them ever thicker.

Dat MSIDat Asus

However, at this point, why wouldn't you just get a gaming desktop for a fraction of the price. Imo, I feel gaming laptops like these are impractically big and bulky, which defeats the purpose of them.

Well, the point of me asking this question is that I also would like to see some portability as well as power. The point of me looking at things like this is to help me decide what kind of laptop I should get for college when the time comes. Although I am 2 years away, its always good to start planning early.

I want to be able to have power as well as some portability, hence the thin, non-bulky laptop options. Most college/portability based laptops kind of suck and are overpriced even more so than these and they have crappy specs (a.k.a: macbook air, samsungs, etc). Although the new dell XPS 14s look pretty good for the price. What would you suggest for college portability as well as gaming?